Q:What do you need to wear in order to view a Solar eclipse? A: You must have special glasses made specially to filter bright lights, called Eclipse glasses. Q:What can happen if you look it an eclipse with no special eye gear? A: It is possible to go blind or have severe damage done to your eyes from viewing a solar eclipse. Q:How often do solar eclipses happen? A: A solar eclipse happens 2 to 5 times a year and may only happen when a new moon lines up with the sun and the shadow is cast on the Earth's Suface. Q:How far does an eclipse stretch? A: An eclipse stretches about 1,000 miles long and 100 miles wide Q:How long does a Solar eclipse normally last? A: A solar eclipse lasts 2 to 7 minutes, and rarely lasts longer than 7, the longest time ever recorded during a solar eclipse was Seven minutes and Thirty-Six seconds. Q:How often does A solar eclipse occur in the same place? A: The occurence of a solar eclipse varies, but on Average an eclipse will happen in exactly the same location every 367 years.
Q: What do you need to wear in order to view a Solar eclipse?
A: You must have special glasses made specially to filter bright lights, called Eclipse glasses.
Q: What can happen if you look it an eclipse with no special eye gear?
A: It is possible to go blind or have severe damage done to your eyes from viewing a solar eclipse.
Q: How often do solar eclipses happen?
A: A solar eclipse happens 2 to 5 times a year and may only happen when a new moon lines up with the sun and the shadow is cast on the Earth's Suface.
Q: How far does an eclipse stretch?
A: An eclipse stretches about 1,000 miles long and 100 miles wide
Q: How long does a Solar eclipse normally last?
A: A solar eclipse lasts 2 to 7 minutes, and rarely lasts longer than 7, the longest time ever recorded during a solar eclipse was Seven minutes and Thirty-Six seconds.
Q: How often does A solar eclipse occur in the same place?
A: The occurence of a solar eclipse varies, but on Average an eclipse will happen in exactly the same location every 367 years.
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